Garden State 2018 Festival Winners
Narrative Feature
Juveniles
James Burke and Scott Disharoon, Producers
Nico Sabenorio, Director
Producers:
Chris Miller
James C.E. Burke
Scott Disharoon
Elliot Lewis Rosenblatt
Making a Killing
Devin Hume, Producer/Director
International Narrative Feature
Handsome Devil
(Ireland)
Rebecca O’Flanagan and Robert Walpole, Producers
John Butler, Director
Musical Feature Film
Still Waiting In The Wings
M. Carroll Raver Award for Cinematography
The Song of Sway Lake
Eric Lin
The Bud Abbott Award for Feature Length Comedy
Love Eclectic
Bill Brown, Producer/Director
Family Feature
Bully
Santino Campanelli, Producer/Director
Horror Feature
The Wanderers: The Quest of the Demon Hunters
(Romania)
Andrei Boncea, Catalin Catoiu and Dragos Buliga, Producers
Dragos Buliga, Director
Musical Feature
Still Waiting In The Wings
Jeffrey Johns/Producer
Allan Brocka/Director
Narrative Short
Aeris
Paul Castro, Jr. and Aly Miller, Producers
Paul Castro, Jr., Director
Lou Costello Award for Comedy Short
Obits
Neil Fennell and Guy Olivieri, Producers
Guy Olivieri, Director
International Narrative Short
The Puppeteer
(Spain)
Carlos Lascano, Producer/Director
International Comedy Short
Fingerman
(Ukraine)
Ivan Shokha, Producer/Director
2 by 2
(United Kingdom)
Mark Playne, Producer/Director
Emanuel Manny Berlingo Award
for Best Feature Length Documentary
Living in Futures Past
Jeff Bridges, Susan Kucera and Jim Swift, Producers
Susan Kucera, Director
Short Documentary
The Sara Spencer Washington Story
Royston Scott, Director
Alternative Feature
The Rainbow Experiment
Allison Vanore, Producer
Christina Kallas, Director
International Feature Documentary
Melody Makers
(Canada/UK)
Mark Sanders and Leslie Ann Coles, Producers
Leslie Ann Coles, Director
Animated Short
E-Delivery
Young Gul Cho, Director
International Animated Short
Au Revior Balthazar
(Switzerland)
Claudia Frei and Stella Händler, Producers
Rafael Sommerhalder, Director
Promo
What’s Out There?
Yijian Lou, Producer
Kirill Yusim, Director
Music Video
Mission to Mars
George Pasles, Director
Narrative Short – College
Undergraduate Student
Osiris
(Syracuse University)
Kathryn Ferentchak, Producer/Director
Narrative Short – College
Graduate Student
The Hobbyist
(School of Visual Arts, NY)
David E. Munz Maire, Producer
George Vatistas, Director
Animated Short – College
Out of the Box
(Rochester Institute of Technology)
Marcel Saleta, Director
International Animated Short – College
In the Crosshairs
(Soore University, Iran)
Hamidreza Jave, Producer
Marzieh Kheirkhah, Director
International Narrative Short – College
Children of Spring
(Germany)
Zara Demet Altan, Producer/Director
Fantastic Four
(Poland)
Karol Vo, Producer
Juan Alejandro Bermúdez, Director
Narrative Short – High School
About Time
(Viewpoint School, CA)
Anthony Aguirre, Producer
Branton Choi, Director
International Narrative Short – High School
The Candy Girl
(Canada)
Lettie Costea, Producer/Writer
Joshua Costea, Director
The Garden State Film Festival would like to recognize
films shot in the State of New Jersey with the following winners
in the Home Grown Award categories:
Trailer
“Roadie, The Documentary”
Tj Hoffmann
Home Grown Short
Swiped Right
Lydia Fiore and Dana Marisa Schoenfeld, Producers
Dana Marisa Schoenfeld, Director
Home Grown Comedy Short
Therapy, Bro.
Wally Marzano-Lesnevich, Francesco Nuzzi and John Hedlund, Producers
John Hedlund, Director
Home Grown Documentary Feature
The Oyster Farmers
Angela Andersen C., Producer
Corinne Gray Ruff, Director
Home Grown Documentary Short
Destination Past: Rumson Hill
Chris Brenner, Producer/Director
Home Grown PSA
Azaliah & AJ at Special Strides
Jenna Bush, Director
Home Grown Music Video
Got This Far
Madison Caccioppoli and Diane Raver, Producers
Diane Raver, Director
Home Grown Student Short – College
Unheard
(Fairleigh Dickinson University)
Lauren Ide, Producer
Salma Hbaich, Director
Home Grown Documentary Short – College
Hope Restored
(Rowan University)
Diana Nicolae, Bryan Dickerson and Erin Cahill, Producers
Argiea Spencer, Director
Home Grown Student Documentary Short – High School
The Pilgrim Pipeline
(Chatham High School)
Zoe DeWitt, Director
Home Grown Student Short – High School
Conquer
(Communications High School)
Abigail Karl, Director
Parallel Dreams
(Red Bank Regional High School)
John Tuohy, Director/Writer
Home Grown Student PSA – High School
The Community Food Bank
(Atlantic County Institute of Technology)
Amanda Paule, Director
Home Grown Student Music Video – High School
Three Roads
(Monmouth Regional High School)
Emily Heath, Director
Home Grown Student Trailer – High School
Congratulations
(Bloomfield Tech High School)
Edithe Eugene, Director
The Garden State Film Festival
Movie Music Competition Winners
Best Song From a Short Film
The Long Run Performed by: Glenn Roth, Gary Blu, Grant Morrison, & Rachel Blumberg Composer: Rachel Blumberg, Barbara Bock, & Gary Blu
Best Theme From a Drama
Stars In My Eyes (Theme from Drawing Home) Performed by Judy Collins Written by Jody Gray, Don Rollins & Steve Walsh
Best Orchestral Score
Dignity
Performed by: Hollywood Studio Symphony, conducted by Tim Williams, concertmaster Mark Robertson , Composer: Kim Planert
Best Instrumental Score from a Silent Film
Center Ring Waltz Performed by: Bryson Kemp Composer: Bryson Kemp
Best Contemporary Pop Song
Dancing Girl
Performed by: The Wiggies
Composer/Produced by: Sandy Linzer & Edward B. Kessel
Best Internationally Inspired song from a Home Grown Artist
Some Fish Can Fly
Performed by: Sound Imagination Players
Composer/Producer: Edward B. Kessel & Marc Hoffman
Best Home Grown Hip Hop Song
Got This Far
Performed by Madison Caccioppoli
Composer: Madison Caccioppoli
Best Indie Rock Song
Mission To Mars
Performed by: Overlord (George Andrew Pasles, Sarah Brockett, Matt Houser, and TrisMcCall) Composer: George Andrew Pasles
Best Documentary Theme from a Home Grown Short
Azaliah’s Theme
Performed by: David Citron
Composer: David Citron
Garden State Screenplay Competition Winner
Colorblind ( The Legacy of Alvin Bell) by Pamela Peak
Honorees
Honorary Chair
Brian Cheripka
Lifetime Achievement
Xander Berkeley
Beacon Award
Christopher Lloyd
MVP
Armand Assante
Broader Vision Award
Angelight Films
Educator of the Year
Christopher Corey
The Garden State Film Festival Rising Star Award for Acting
Ellie Lee
Pick of the Flicks
Detention (Ballinger)
